Maharashtra: Fire in electric meter room of Thane building; no casualty

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A fire broke out in the electric meter room of a ground-plus-three-storey building in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday, civic officials said. No person was injured in the blaze, PTI reported.

The fire erupted at 5.10 am in the building located in Almas Colony at Kausa in Mumbra area, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said. Fifteen electric meters in the room located on the ground floor were destroyed in the fire, he said.

Local fire personnel and the disaster management cell team members rushed to the spot after being alerted and put out the blaze within half-an-hour, the official said.

The power supply to the building was cut off as a precautionary measure, he said, adding a probe was on to ascertain the cause of the fire.

2 children drown in pond in Thane

In a separate incident, two children drowned after they went for a swim in a pond in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Monday.

The incident took place on Sunday afternoon when a 12-year-old girl and a boy aged 7, residents of Bhiwandi town, ventured into the pond at Damangaon along with other children after having lunch, an official at the police control room said.

As the two started drowning, the other children who were around raised an alarm.

Some passers-by pulled the two children out of the pond. They were rushed to a hospital where doctors declared them brought dead, the official said.

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The bodies were sent to a government hospital for postmortem. A case of accidental death has been registered, the police added.

Meanwhile, three persons had a narrow escape when a car they were travelling in caught fire in Maharashtra's Thane district, civic officials said on Monday.

The car was completely damaged in the incident which took place late Sunday night, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said.

At 11.47 pm, when the car was passing through Shilphata-Mahape road, the driver noticed smoke coming out and immediately halted the vehicle.

The driver alighted and asked two other male occupants of the car to also get down.

The car burst into flames minutes after the three persons got out of the vehicle, the official said.

After being alerted, local firemen and the disaster management cell team rushed to the spot and put out the blaze in about 15 minutes, he said.

No person was injured in the incident, the official said. (With inputs from PTI)